The Palantir White Papers discuss various aspects of our industry standard analytical platform for the intelligence and defense communities. These white papers aim to answer common questions and develop a shared, community-wide understanding of how Palantir works and what it enables.

	Architecture & Scalability Akash Jain, Director of Engineering, speaks about Palantir's server architecture, with a specific emphasis on its scale characteristics.
	Object Model Shreyas Vijaykumar outlines the Palantir Object Model and tackles the complexities of building an enterprise Data Platform.
	Dynamic Ontology Dr. Asher Sinensky explains what we mean when we say Dynamic Ontology and considers what this enables in a real world deployment.
	Open Platform Brian Schimpf presents about Palantir's open and extensible platform. He explains how Palantir fits into your current IT infrastructure as well as how Palantir can be extended to meet custom needs.
	XML Formats Ari Gordon-Schlosberg, Senior Software Engineer and author of Palantir's XML formats, speaks to the forethought, goals, and ultimate outcome of Palantir's two open XML formats.
	Access Control Model Bob McGrew, Director of Engineering, discusses Palantir's Access Control Model. He considers a variety of real-world scenarios and describes precisely how Palantir guarantees confidentiality under each case.
	Revisioning Database Bob McGrew, Director of Engineering, outlines Palantir's Revisioning Database and explains why it's important, what it does, and how it works.

• Palantir Introduction
  A high-level overview of the Palantir platform.
• Palantir CT Demo
  A full length demonstration of a counterterrorism workflow using structured and unstructured data.
• The Sinjar Records
  Powerful analysis of foreign fighters in Iraq by West Point CTC.
• ...More Demonstration Videos

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